The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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At the center of the mesmerizing rolling fields, lived a young shepherd. His life was mostly untarnished, simple yet virtuous. His only responsibility was mainly to tend to his herd of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the whispering of the gales among the lone tree on the peak were his main co-dwellers. Day in day, guarding his wards inculcated in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would yearn for company. In one such instance out of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy devised a naughty plot.

Stories of wolves preying on sheep had been around for a while in the hamlet. So, the boy opted to used this fear and played a trick on the villagers.

One morning he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The frightened villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but discovered no wolf.

The boy laughed at the puzzle on their faces. This prank persisted for a couple of more days. But, one noon, a real wolf actually come to prey the herd. The shepherd boy raced for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but get more info could protect only few of his sheep. Devastated, he returned to the town only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the repercussions of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable for teaching the importance of honesty, the consequences of lying and the dangers of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once broken, is tough to regain. It's a story as pertinent today as it was in the past.

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